Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency Agence des services frontaliers du Canada
Common name	Border Services
Abbreviation	CBSA-ASFC
Heraldic Badge of the Canada Border Services Agency
CBSA coat of arms
Flag and Ensign of the Canada Border Services Agency
Motto	Protectio Servitium Integritas Protection, Service, Integrity
Agency overview
Formed	December 12, 2003
Preceding agencies	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Citizenship and Immigration Canada (enforcement branch) Canadian Food Inspection Agency (port of entry examination)
Employees	14,113
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Canada
Governing body	Public Safety Canada
Constituting instruments	Order in Council P.C. 2003–2064 Canada Border Services Agency Act
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety
Agency executive	John Ossowski, President
Regions	8 National Headquarters: Ottawa Pacific Region: British Columbia & Yukon Prairie Region: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba & Northwest Territories Windsor/St. Clair Region Niagara/Fort Erie Region Greater Toronto Region Northern Ontario Region: Northern Ontario & Nunavut Quebec Region: Quebec Atlantic Region: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador
Website
CBSA Homepage

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (French: Agence des services frontaliers du Canada—ASFC) is a federal agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services.

The Agency was created on December 12, 2003 (the same day Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada), by an order-in-council amalgamating Canada Customs (from the now-defunct Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) with border and enforcement personnel from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The Agency's creation was formalized by the Canada Border Services Agency Act, which received Royal Assent on November 3, 2005.

Since the September 11 attacks against the United States, Canada's border operations have placed an enhanced emphasis on national security and public safety. The Canada–United States Smart Border Declaration, created by John Manley and Tom Ridge, then first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security of the Department of Homeland Security, has provided objectives for co-operation between Canadian and American border operations.

The CBSA oversees approximately 1,200 service locations across Canada, and 39 in other countries. It employs over 12,000 public servants, and offers around-the-clock service at 119 land border crossings and thirteen international airports.